My People

Vol. 18, Issue 9, September 2005

"If my people, who are called by My name, humble themselves and pray, and seek My face and turn from
their evil ways, I will hear them from heaven and pardon their sins and revive their land."  2 Chronicles 7:14

Italian Alpine Peak Honors John Paul II

On May 18th, which would have been the 85th birthday of Pope John Paul
II, an Italian Alpine peak of the Abruzzi Mountains was named after the late
Pope. Cardinal Jose Martins, Prefect of the Congregation for the Cause of
Saints, was the main celebrant at the Mass held in the Church of San Pietro
della Jenca in L'Aquila, the capital of the Abruzzi
region.

The Cardinal's homily follows:
"'Levavi oculos ad montes... I lift up my eyes to the mountains: from where
shall come my help? My help shall come from the Lord Who made heaven and
earth' (Ps 122 [121]:1-2).

"The inspired words of
the Psalm, rich in poetry and spirituality, seem to me the most fitting to
express the close connection between the mountains and the search of human
beings of all epochs for something greater, something that surpasses them,
something transcendent.

"At the same time, the
Psalmist's words also suggest to us an interpretation and an understanding of
the strong, evocative fascination that mountain peaks never failed to exercise
on John Paul II.

"If we could juxtapose, as if on a
topographic map, all the well-known names of mountains in Holy Scripture and
link them accordingly to all their spiritual 'patrons,' that is, to those
biblical figures who are in some way connected with their summits, we would be
able to make an unusual and especially significant pilgrimage through the
various phases of salvation history. And among them all, Jesus of Nazareth would
dominate; indeed, the Gospels often say of Him that 'He went up on the mountain
by Himself to pray,'

"Although we cannot do this,
the mere thought of it enables us to see how this 'map' turns out to be not only
'physical' but also spiritual, theological, and even eschatological: ready to
flash before us a glimpse of distant peaks, towering for ever in the skies of
eternity and the infinite.

"Let us attempt,
therefore, only as the crow flies, to visualize the scenery of the map mentioned
above.

"We will find Abraham, accompanied by his son
Isaac on his dramatic pilgrimage to Mount Moriah; Noah, on Mount Ararat where
the Ark came to rest; Moses on Sinai; Aaron, who died on the peak of Mount Hor;
and many others, not forgetting the mountains of the beloved in the Song of
Songs.

"We also know well that Jesus lived much of
His life against a backdrop of mountains. The Gospels frequently speak of Jesus
'going out to the mountain.'

"Before choosing the
Twelve, He spent the night alone on the mountain (Lk 6: 12-13). And after
the multiplication of the loaves, Jesus dismissed the crowd and 'went up on the
mountain by Himself to pray, remaining there alone as evening drew on' (Mt
14:23-24).

"Jesus even gave one discourse, perhaps
His most famous, conventionally known as 'the Sermon on the Mount' (Mt 5-7),
precisely on the mountain of the Beatitudes. François Mauriac, commenting on
this Magna Carta of Christianity, said: 'Those who have never read the Sermon on
the Mount cannot grasp what Christianity is all
about.'

"At the same time, we must mention Mount
Tabor, the mountain of the Transfiguration (cf. Lk 9:28-29), and the mountain
that was featured in the last week of Christ's earthly life, most of which He
lived against the background of mountain scenery: the Mount of
Olives.

"Lastly, there is one other mountain among
the many others that we are unable to list, a paschal mountain: the mountain in
Galilee whose name is not given in the Gospels; it was there that the last
solemn apparition of the Risen and Glorified Christ occurred. Indeed, at the end
of his Gospel, Matthew recalls that 'the eleven disciples made their way to
Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had summoned them' (Mt. 28:16), and it
was there, on that mountain, that the epilogue of the earthly life of the Risen
One was played out.

"So far, the Biblical and Gospel
references (cf. G. Ravasi, I monti di Dio, ed. Ancora) have helped us to focus
our reflection clearly on the event that is taking place
today.

"However, before entering into the lofty and
memorable significance of this day, I would like first to mention one other
point: the presence of the mountain in the iconography of all
times.

"It suffices, to give just one example, to
mention Leonardo da Vinci's Virgin of the Rocks. John Ruskin, the art
critic, observes in his vast work on modern painting that 'there has always been
an idea of holiness' in art, 'connected with rocky solitude, for it was on
mountain peaks that the divinity would speak most intimately to human beings,
and it was always to the mountains that the saints withdrew for meditation and
special communion with God.'

"Moreover, there is no
need to teach this to you who know it well, given the history of St. Celestine V
and the important role he played in his unusual spiritual journey in your
fascinating Abruzzi Mountains.

"So it is that the
mountain, even before any consideration of its physical height, is a spiritual
symbol.

"I would like to interpret in this dimension
the naming of this beautiful peak of yours – and the path that leads to it
– after John Paul II.

"A distinguished
ecclesiastical personage, today a Bishop (Alberto Careggio, Bishop of
Ventimiglia-San Remo), who for many years had the good fortune to accompany John
Paul II on his hikes and climbs in the mountains as his Alpine guide, coined a
beautiful, original definition of John Paul II when he described him as 'the
theologian of the mountain' (cf. Sui monti con Giovanni Paolo II, G. Galazka,
Libreria Ed. Vaticana, 2002, p. 15).

"Like Elijah,
who encountered God in the gentle, refreshing breeze on Mount Horeb, and Moses,
who prayed on the mountain to encourage his people in their struggle to breach
their way to freedom, so also Karol Wojtyla had a very special relationship with
mountains.

"It dates back to the years of his youth
when, as a newly-ordained priest, he would accompany university students to
Tatra, the beloved mountain range in his homeland. Even when everything seemed
to prevent it - in the first place his health - this relationship never
ceased.

"We know practically everything there is to
know about John Paul II's journeys: the number of his speeches (3,288 in Italy
and abroad), the number of kilometers he travelled (247,613 in 104 international
journeys and 146 in Italy); this would amount to spending about three years
outside the Vatican.

"If, however, we try to ask how
often the Pope went to the mountains, how many times, so to speak, he secretly
left the Apostolic Palaces or the Pontifical Villa at Castel Gandolfo, we are
given a vague answer: 'several times' (ibid.). It is right that this should be
so.

"Someone, for example, has endeavored to count
all the excursions John Paul II is supposed to have made to the Abruzzi
Mountains and their number is impressive; the newspapers have published it in
the past few days, precisely in reference to today's event. Although the Pope
carried this secret with him to heaven, there is certainly 'someone' who would
be able to tell us one day, having faithfully accompanied him for the more than
26 years of his Pontificate in these most intimate and private
moments.

"What interests us is the contemplative
gaze of Pope Wojtyla, who among other things sang of the mountains in sublimely
poetic tones, seeking in them beauty and power, deep silence and voices of
mystery.

"In one of his addresses there is a passage
that I find striking: 'Looking at the mountaintops one has the impression that
the earth is pointing upwards, almost as if it were straining to touch heaven:
men and women feel in a certain way that their yearning for the transcendent and
the infinite is expressed in this reaching upwards.'

"And further: 'The contemporary man or woman who seems at times to be addressing
only earthly things with a materialistic vision of life, must once again be able
to look upwards, to the peaks of grace and glory, for which he or she was
created and to which the goodness and greatness of God is beckoning' (Address at
the Glacier of Brenva, Mont Blanc, September 8,
1986).

"It seems to me that John Paul II's words
contain the important message that the Great Polish Pope has desired to bequeath
to us through his boundless love for the mountains, closely related to love for
'his Master,' of Whom he also spoke to us in his
Testament.

"Just as a mountain peak always impels us
to raise our eyes, to reach up towards the heights of heaven, the life and
teaching of John Paul II likewise continue to be for us, as it were, a sign
pointing to heaven, a reference to the infinite majesty and divine transcendence
of Christ, as opposed to the flat and mediocre horizons by which we are all too
often surrounded.

"What John Paul II said and did
through his presence in these mountains he will continue to do also with this
peak, which from today is named after him, 'Cima Giovanni Paolo II' (John Paul
II Peak), and will lift him far beyond its altitude of 2,424 meters in this
splendid massif of the Gran Sasso. It will do so thanks to the love of these
magnificent Abruzzi people and to their understandable pride at having received
and perceived Pope Wojtyla as 'their own.' This is why you planned this day, in
view of his 85th birthday.

"I end with the very
words that John Paul II spoke on Campo Imperatore, right underneath the Gran
Sasso, certain that this peak will point out 'the way of contemplation, not only
as an excellent way to experience the Mystery, but also as a condition for
humanizing our life and mutual relations.' "

Tourism Offers
Christians Opportunity For Evangelization

The 26th World Day of Tourism
will be celebrated September 25. Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Vatican Secretary
of State, wrote a message in Pope Benedict XVI's name for this day. The
message, dated July 16, was sent to Cardinal Stephen Hamao, President of the
Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People.
Cardinal Sodano's message follows:

"The celebration
of the World Day of Tourism this September 27 offers the Supreme Pontiff
Benedict XVI an opportunity to extend a cordial thought to all those involved in
the vast world of tourism and to highlight the Church's pastoral concern for
them. The World Tourism Organization has chosen a most interesting theme for the
event: Travel and transportation: from the imaginary world of Jules Verne
to the reality of the 21st century.

"Jules Verne was
a man of letters, a traveller and a writer with a lively imagination. In his
writings he intelligently combined fantasy and the scientific knowledge of his
time. His voyages, whether real or imaginary, were in fact an invitation to
consult the new atlas and a challenge to face responsibly and humanly limits
that could no longer be dissembled.

"At the end of
the 19th century, in his incredible journey, Jules Verne crossed the limits
imposed by the dominant culture of his time and its vision of the European West
as the be-all and end-all.

"Today, too, there are
obstacles to be surmounted if one desires the benefits of tourism, travelling,
and transportation to be extended to everyone. New and unheard of possibilities
for travel with ever more modern and faster means of transport can make tourism
a providential opportunity to share the goods of the earth and of
culture.

"A century after the death of Jules Verne,
much of what he imagined has become accessible and has taken a concrete form.
The dream of a tourism without borders that could contribute to creating a
better future for humanity is coming true.

"The
tourist industry, however, must always take into account the ethical
requirements bound to tourism. It is important that those with responsibility in
this sphere - politicians and legislators, people in government or in finance -
should promote a peaceful encounter between peoples, guaranteeing security and
good communications.

"The promoters, organizers, and
all who work in the tourist sector are called to create structures that make
tourism healthy, popular, and economically sustainable, always keeping clearly
in mind that in every activity, hence, also in tourism, the ultimate goal must
always be respect for the human person, in the interests of the common
good.

"Tourists must be motivated by the desire to
meet others, respecting their personal, cultural, and religious differences;
they must be ready for and open to dialogue and understanding, and their
behavior must be respectful, supportive, and
peace-loving.

"Christian communities have a role of
considerable importance: in welcoming tourists, they must feel committed
to offering them the possibility of discovering the riches of Christ incarnate,
not only through monuments and religious art works but also in the daily life of
a living Church. Moreover, since the beginning of Christianity, journeys have
made possible and facilitated the dissemination of the Good News in every corner
of the world.

"In the hope that the upcoming World
Day of Tourism will bear the fruits desired, His Holiness Benedict XVI assures
you of his remembrance in prayer and very gladly imparts his Apostolic Blessing
to all. . ."

IN DEFENSE OF LIFE

Celebration For Life

Fred H. Summe, vice president of Northern Kentucky Right to Life

by Fred H. Summe

"Sometimes women are made to
feel helpless and hopeless when it comes to their risk of developing breast
cancer. After all, they cannot change the fact that they are women, are
getting older, and have already inherited a certain set of genes from their
parents. These are well-established risks for breast cancer.
However, there are factors you can control to minimize your risk, including the
amount of estrogen to which you are exposed and your reproductive history,"
reassures Angela Lanfranchi, M.D., whose private practice is devoted exclusively
to breast cancer surgery.

"The more estrogen your
breasts are exposed to over your lifetime, the higher the risk of breast
cancer," explains Dr. Lanfranchi.

"Estrogen
stimulates your breast tissue to increase cell divisions (mitoses). This
sometimes results in cancers due to errors in cell division (mutations).
Other substances (carcinogens) or exposures (e.g., high dose radiation) can also
result in cancer."

Northern Kentucky Right to Life
is indeed proud to invite Angela Lanfranchi, M.D., to address the 32nd Annual
Celebration for Life. This pro-life event, co-chaired by Rev. Mike
Albertson, Pastor of New Hope United Methodist Church in Southgate, Kentucky,
and Fr. Michael Cordier, Pastor of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church in Milford,
Ohio, is scheduled for Sunday, September 25, at London Hall, Drawbridge Estates
in Ft. Mitchell, Kentucky (I-75, Exit 186).

The
doors will open at 1:15 p.m., followed by the showing of a pro-life film at 1:30
p.m. Refreshments and exhibits will be available at 2:00 p.m. with the
program commencing at 2:30 p.m. (Free baby-sitting is
provided.)

Dr. Lanfranchi, a Clinical
Assistant Professor of Surgery at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New
Jersey, is an expert in breast cancer, having published extensively in the
field. Through the Breast Cancer Prevention Institute, she and Joel Brind,
Ph.D., a biochemist and Professor of Human Biology and Endocrinology at Baruch
College in New York, co-authored the booklet, Breast Cancer: Risks and
Prevention. They have documented the clear connection between abortion and
breast cancer and between hormonal birth control and breast
cancer.

Although 5 to 10 percent of all breast
cancer cases are genetic, resulting from a breast cancer gene, there are other
factors which substantially increase the risk of developing breast cancer.

When the cells, which make up the milk glands
(lobules), mature from type 1 lobules to type 4 lobules, there is an effect on
the risk of breast cancer.

"If a woman does not have
a full-term pregnancy (meaning she is childless or nulliparous), she has
increased risk for breast cancer, since she never develops type 3 and 4
lobules," states Dr. Lanfranchi.

"If she has
children later in life (after age 30), she has increased risk, because for most
of her menstrual life, her estrogen has been stimulating immature type 1 and 2
breast lobules. If she has children as a teenager, she has decreased risk
of breast cancer, since her breast tissue matures very early in her menstrual
life to type 3 and 4 lobules.

"If a woman
breast-feeds, she often has low estrogen cycles or misses menstrual cycles
altogether. She has decreased risk due to two factors: less exposure
to estrogen and breast tissue maturity to type 4 lobules. Risk decreases
more with longer duration of breastfeeding."

Birth
Control

"A large majority of studies show
increased breast cancer risk in women who take birth control medications,
especially if they are taken before a full-term pregnancy, when their breast
cells are still immature. Birth control pills are very commonly used by
young women. For example, in one study women who took birth control pills
before the age of 20 had more than a ten-fold increase in the risk of breast
cancer. The longer they took the pill, the higher their
risk.

"The risk factors of estrogen exposure and
breast maturity can also act in concert with one another, causing greater
risk. For example, if a teenager who has not had a full-term pregnancy
(she is nulliparous), takes birth control pills, her risk for breast cancer is
much higher than a woman who has had several children and then takes birth
control pills."

Dr. Lanfranchi continues: "A
woman who has taken hormone replacement for years, especially if she had not had
a full-term pregnancy and had taken birth control pills most of her life, will
have significantly increased breast cancer risk."

Abortion

"Sometimes, a woman will miscarry
during the first trimester. These miscarriages (spontaneous abortions) do
not increase breast cancer risk, since they are associated with low estrogen
levels that do not cause breast growth. Miscarriages in the second
trimester can increase risk.

"A first trimester
miscarriage is quite a different situation from induced abortion of a normal
pregnancy in its effect on the woman's breasts. The longer a woman is
pregnant before an induced abortion, the higher her risk of breast cancer.
This is because high estrogen levels of the first and second trimesters cause
breast growth of type 1 & 2 lobules. When her pregnancy is terminated
before the breast cells reach full maturity, she is left with more immature type
1 & 2 breast lobules than before her pregnancy started, and therefore is at
increased risk. . . This risk is especially high for teenagers who have an
abortion in the late first or second trimester and for those women who have
never had a child, since their breasts never
matured.

"A teenager, who has an abortion between 9
and 24 weeks, has a 30% chance of developing breast cancer in her
lifetime. If that same teenager also has a family history of breast
cancer, the risk increases so much that one study showed all such women
developed breast cancer by the age of 45."

Other
Factors

According to the Breast Cancer
Prevention Institute, breastfeeding has lowered the risk of breast
cancer.

On the other hand, regular drinking of
alcohol lessens the ability of the liver to make inactive the estrogen. An
occasional consumption of alcohol does not increase the risk.

Bring a
Friend

Considering the priority of the abortion
issue, please make the personal commitment to hear this pro-life advocate and
encourage your family and friends to join you. Take this opportunity to
also come and meet the over 30 exhibitors, who can show you how you can also
participate in the pro-life movement, giving witness in a variety of ways, to
the sanctity of all human life.

Harry Potter Rejects Love

by Michael
Halm

The worst thing to happen in the latest
Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, is that although
clearly advised to use love as the weapon against the forces of evil, the
death-eaters, Harry abandons Ginny Weasley because he's "got to do things alone
now." That seems as selfish and foolish as his
enemies.

David Kiper of the San Francisco Chronicle
asks, "When the seventh and final Potter novel finally arrives, would it be too
much to hope that the hero prevails, not because he can manfully sacrifice his
capacity for love, but because he can't?"

The
extraordinary hype for the penultimate Harry Potter book did generate more
record-breaking sales. Barnes and Noble, for example, averaged 105 sales
per second in the first hour, the witching hour, midnight to one a.m.
Professional and even fan reviews are mixed. This book, like each one
before it, is being called the darkest yet. Some others call it "simple
and clunky" or "repetitive."

Terry Pratchett,
best-selling author of the Discworld series, has made the case that publishers'
overemphasis on Rowling has hurt the whole genre. The 63th World Science
Fiction Convention or WorldCon in Scotland featured Jane Yolen, author of
Sleeping Ugly and Young Merlin and other twice-told tales, defending the
proposition "Harry Potter has put children's fantasy back fifty
years."

That the book is just a filler to complete
the gap between the first five and the last in the seven-book series seems
confirmed by the extra spacing in the book itself. One fan estimated that
the extra space between lines of text inflated the book from 471 to 650
pages. Australian John Mullan wrote in The Guardian that though it had no
satisfying plot, it did have "a gloom not to be
dispelled."

Cindy wrote it "didn't have a lot of
excitement until toward the end (hmm, now that I think of it, they are all kinda
like that, but I thought this one was particularly slow in parts." John
wrote, "As usual more questions are left unanswered than answered at the story's
end."

The sixth book deals primarily with Harry's
use of a spell and potion book by the mysterious "Half-Blood Prince." He
later learns that this is the son of witch Eileen Prince and the bewitched
muggle Tobias Snape, that is, none other than Severus Snape. Snape had
been teaching how to fight sorcery with sorcery (sic) at Hogwart's. Harry
lies to him about having it and uses its spells to leave Draco Malfoy
severely injured. Harry apparently plans to continue to use such methods
not just to injure physically but to try to destroy Lord Voldemort's
soul!

This would be just a story if it were not for
the links on some of the book's many websites to real spell-casting books and
witchcraft. They may not be new to adults, but these are being promoted to
children and teens. "Get Love, Money, Health, Power and more with Powerful
Magic Spells" and "Spells Cast, Live." Search engines would yield
thousands more.

Hogwart-themed summer camps have
been springing up from Washington to Connecticut, with not just re-enactments of
scenes from the books, but spell-casting and potion-making
lessons.

This book also contains more references to
us muggles, not only Lord Voldemort's murdered muggle father, Tom Riddle, and
his murdered muggle grandparents, but Great Britain's Prime Minister's pitifully
inept attempts to fight evil.

There is more violence
among the main characters too. Bill Weasley, Fleur Delacour's fiancee, is
attacked by a werewolf and Dumbledore is killed. Emily Green wrote in the
Los Angeles Times, "I haven't cried so hard since Charlotte the spider
died."

David Haber, webmaster of
dumbledoreisnotdead.com, says, "Think of this website as Half-Blood Prince
therapy." He created it to promote the idea that all is not as it seems to
be, because he was himself completely taken by surprise by the ending of the
book. "It ruined my whole day. I felt very bad about what had
happened; I felt like the world of Harry Potter was no longer a fun place to
be."

Haber points out the many references to the not
quite correctly done curse, Dumbledore's pet phoenix, his missing wand, the
covered body (?) at the funeral. He notes the passages in the American but
not the British version of Dumbledore to Draco, such as, "He cannot kill you if
you are already dead" or "never give up on him."

Whether Dumbledore has merely faked his death or actually comes back from the
dead glorified like Gandalf the White or disembodied like Obi Wan or something
even more Christ-like, what we all long for, including Rowling and Harry,
whether we know it or not, is that Love Who is stronger than death.

Light
to the Nations: A Christian Perspective on World News

Pope to
Terrorists: "Stop in God's Name!"

vatican city — After the Sunday
Angelus on July 10, Pope Benedict XVI made the following comments about the
recent terrorist attack in London: "We all feel a deep sorrow for the
atrocious terrorist attacks in London last Thursday. Let us pray for the
people killed, for the injured, and for their loved ones. But let us also
pray for the attackers: may the Lord move their hearts. To all who
nurture sentiments of hatred and to all who carry out such repugnant terrorist
acts I say: God loves life, which He created, and not death. Stop,
in God's name!"
(Source: L'Osservatore Romano weekly edition in
English)

Kenyan Bishop Murdered

vatican city — Bishop Luigi
Locati, a native of Italy and missionary in Kenya, was shot to death after
spending an evening with his clergy on July 14. Two telegrams, one to the
Apostolic Nuncio in Kenya and one to the Archbishop of Vercelli, Italy, the
archdiocese in which Bishop Locati was born, were released on July 16. The
telegrams were sent by Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Angelo Sodano.
Cardinal Sodano said:

"The Holy Father was deeply
saddened to learn of the tragic death of Bishop Luigi Locati, and he extends
hearfelt condolences and the assurance of his closeness in prayer to the clergy,
religious, and faithful of the Apostolic Vicariate of Isiolo. Commending
the late Bishop's noble soul to the infinite mercy of God our Father, His
Holiness gives thanks for the selfless witness to the Gospel and the advancement
of human dignity which characterized his priestly and episcopal ministry.
He likewise prays that Bishop Locati's death may hasten the dawn of that peace
and reconciliation to which he devoted himself to the last. To all
assembled for the solemn Mass of Christian Burial, the Holy Father cordially
imparts his Apostolic Blessing as a pledge of consolation and strength in our
Lord Jesus Christ."

He wrote to the Italian
Archdiocese: "Deeply saddened by the barbaric assassination of Bishop
Luigi Locati, a native of this Archdiocese [Vercelli] and Vicar Apostolic of
Isiolo, the Supreme Pontiff expresses to the diocesan community and to the
relatives of this heroic missionary his spiritual participation in their sudden
bereavement. Recalling with heartfelt gratitude to the Lord the generous
episcopal ministry that this praiseworthy prelate carried out among the Kenyan
people, the Holy Father raises fervent prayers for the repose of his soul.
As he invokes from divine goodness the eternal reward which the deceased pastor
deserves, in the light of the supreme certainties of the faith he imparts a
special Apostolic Blessing for the comfort of all."
(Source:
L'Osservatore Romano weekly edition in English)

Pray for Conversion of
Terrorists

les combes, italy — After the Sunday
Angelus in this Italian Alpine village, Pope Benedict XVI commented on recent
terrorist attacks. He said: "Even these days of tranquillity and
rest have been disturbed by the tragic news of the despicable terrorist attacks
that have caused death, destruction, and suffering in various countries, such as
Egypt, Turkey, Iraq, and Great Britain. As we entrust to divine goodness
the deceased, the injured, and their loved ones, victims of these acts that
offend God and man, let us invoke the Almighty so that He may stop the murderous
hand of those motivated by fanaticism and hatred who have committed them, and
convert their hearts to thoughts of reconciliation and peace."
(Source:
L'Osservatore Romano weekly edition in English)

Pray The News

Because we are sons and daughters
of God, saved by Jesus and empowered by the Holy Spirit, we do not merely read
the news but make the news. We direct the course of world events by faith
expressed in action and intercession. Please pray for the stories covered
in this paper. Clip out this intercessory list and make it part of your daily
prayer.

We pray for all workers to be converted
and to work in obedience to the Lord.

We pray
for all to find suitable, dignified work and to be treated with dignity and
respect.

We pray that Christians will exercise the
gift of hospitality and welcome tourists, visitors, and
migrants.

We pray in thanksgiving for the life
of Pope John Paul II; may we follow his example in pursuing the heights of holiness.

We pray for all students, teachers,
and parents as the school year resumes.

We pray
for the Church to lead many to Jesus.

We pray
for the victims of terrorist attacks.

We pray
for the conversion of terrorists.

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